West Hospital, Nebraska Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Burkett

Four people stand in front of a multi-story brick building and a man sits on the porch in this 6-1/2" x 3-3/4" black and white plate. In the yard at the front of the building are a hand water pump, flowers and trees.

Excerpted from: "Fourteenth Biennial Report of the Commandant of the Nebraska Soldiers' and Sailors Home, Burkett, Nebraska" In First Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1914 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 168-169

Historical Notes

The yearly salary of the institution's surgeon was $1,200. Salaries for the hospital matron and the nurses total $8,40. The institution had a main hospital and two convalescent hospitals. Further statistics and information can be found in the report.